Coll 30/181 'Development of Education in the Arab States.' [525r] (1049/1069)
The record is made up of 1 file (533 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1939-1 Apr 1948. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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local school masters. In addition a number of paid
teachers of Linglish, Indians and others, spread
the knowledge of that language. n Since writing
the above the number of laleatinian masters in the
three Kuwait Government schools has been doubled,
and they have under them over 375 boys, while two
Palestinian school mistresses teach in the new
Government girl school. The number of Koranic
schools, for very small boys, 25, remains the same,
while the number of private preparatory schools
is three.
ns the number of boys has considerably increase
this year, the Education Department la contemplrting
the employment of a qualified Headmaster to deal
with all the four schools, in place of the present
acting one, who has been found to be below the
standard required.
2. The curriculum in the Kuwait Government
schools is intended to give a "Secondary" education,
as that term is understood in the Middle Kast, but
in fact the standard is rather lower than that
elsewhere, because the schools have only recently
started up, and the students are rather less well
grounded before they enter the school. It is
particularly weak on the iilnglish side because the
Palestinian masters, while they do speak ^iglish,
are not really good at it.
The books in use are those used in Iraqi
schools, except that the ISnglish books are from
the "Oxford University Press"; having been brought
by the Palestinian masters from Palestine. All the
books are paid for by the students with the exception
of some very poor boys who are supplied with books
free of charge by the Department.
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The file concerns the development of education in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , particularly in Kuwait and Bahrain, including appointments to the post of Director of Education, Bahrain, which was organised (and partly funded) by the British Council.
The papers cover: reports from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait concerning education in Kuwait (e.g. folios 524-531, January 1939); comments by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; correspondence concerning appointments to the post of Director of Education, Bahrain (particularly those of Cecil Roy Leon Adrian-Vallance, and Frederick James Wakelin); correspondence concerning the appointments from the British Council; Adrian-Vallance's outline educational scheme for Bahrain (folios 451-459), with comments by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (folios 460-461); correspondence concerning the salary and allowances of the Director of Education, Bahrain; anti-colonialist articles in the Iraqi press, 1940; reports by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain concerning education in Bahrain (e.g. folios 251-252); the view of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior) that the work of the British Council in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. had been 'disappointing', February 1946 (folio 182); correspondence concerning hostels for Kuwait and Bahrain students in Cairo, Egypt, 1946; notes on Kuwait Government schools by Sybil Ethel Hay, the wife of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), folios 74-79; a proposal that the post of Director of Education, Bahrain should be part of the staff of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , May-June 1947; correspondence concerning what was viewed by the British as the adverse political influence of Egyptian teachers on students from the Gulf (e.g. folios 39-40); and British Council reports on schools in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat, January 1948 (folios 7-23).
The papers also include one letter dated 1936 (folio 532)
The French language content of the papers consists of a single letter from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (folios 321-322).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (533 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 535; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 24r:24v, 26r:28v, 30r:32v, 34r:44v, 46r:63v, 64v:70v, 72r:92v, 94r:96v, 98r:109v, 111r:111v, 117r:129v, 131r:133v, 135r:137v, 141r:145v, 147r:153v, 155r:155v, 157r:158v, 166r:168v, 172r:183v, 185r:189v, 191r:192v, 194r:201v, 203r:203v, 205r:210v, 212r:215v, 217r:218v, 220r:220v, 223r:228v, 230r:231v, 233r:235v, 238r:241v, 249r:254v, 256r:257v, 275r:282v, 284r:287v, 289r:301v, 303r:307v, 310r:311v, 313r:316v, 318r:318v, 320r:321v, 324r:342v, 344r:349v, 351r:355v, 357r:360v, 362r:364v, 365v:368v, 369v:372v, 373v:377v, 378v, 382r:382v, 383v:393v, 408r:450v, 462r:480v, 493r:500v, 501v:504v, 506v:534v, back
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